It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with the librarians and media specialists of Wisconsin for the past 21 years. I hope the experience has been positive for you as well. My retirement party is September 30, 2010 from 2-4 in room 460 of Memorial Library (right next door to the WiLS office). It would please me greatly to see those of you who are able to attend.
My colleagues are putting together a memory book with letters/emails from people who would like to share their thoughts with me. They can be sent to Sara Gold at sgold@wils.wisc.edu
My email address will remain cbradley@wils.wisc.edu, so feel free to get in touch.
Cheryl Bradley
October 5, 2010 at the Pyle Center in Madison
WiLS and Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning (RL&LL) are again co-hosting the fall interlibrary loan meeting at the Pyle Center. For more information about the meeting schedule and registration, see the 2010 Annual ILL Meeting.
Wisconsin Historical Society Genealogical Seminar
With the increased interest in genealogy via shows like "Who Do You think You Are" and the use of Ancestry Library Edition at most public libraries, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin State Genealogical Society are announcing their fall seminar and classes that are geared to the beginner but are valuable to intermediate researchers as well. Online and library/archives materials will be discussed to give a more complete picture of the various resources available to the family historian. (see pdf)
ERMes Webinar
WiLS will be sponsoring two webinars on ERMes, the electronic resource management system created by William Doering and Galadriel Chilton of UW-La Crosse. The first webinar will be an introduction and history presented by William and Galadriel. The second will be an update on the latest release of ERMes 2010.05 available. Please register here for these free sessions. (see brochure)
New Staff of WiLS Level 1 Libraries* 
WiLS recently visited Lawrence University's Mudd Library for a Technical Services workflow analysis. While there, we met a recent addition to the department, Jill Thomas. Jill started as the Director of Technical Services on May 3rd, 2010. She comes to Wisconsin from Boston where she worked at Boston College and Harvard University. She is also trained as a SCCTP instructor (Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program) for Advanced Serials Cataloging and E-Serials Cataloging so if you need some help with serials cataloging, give her a call. Although she spent the first half of her life on the West Coast, and the second half on the East Coast, Jill looks forward to settling into the friendly Mid-West. If you see her at a WiLS sponsored event, please introduce yourself. Her email is jill.g.thomas@lawrence.edu and her phone number is (920)832-7013.
*This is a new article series for YourWiLS and we welcome future suggestions for new staff highlights. Email Jen Champoux at jchampoux@wils.wisc.edu, if you have suggestions.
Prepayment Bonus
If your fiscal year replenishment covers 100% of your estimated WiLS/OCLC Services for the year and is received by September 30, 2010, WiLS will credit back a prepayment bonus of 0.78% of the balance in your account, when the annual deposit is posted. Prepayment bonuses are based on a percentage of the prevailing interest rates and are calculated twice each fiscal year. First, in July for fiscal year replenishments and again in January for calendar year replenishments. Please contact: Shirley Schenning at schenning@wils.wisc.edu or 608-263-5051
WiLS Level 3 Membership Billing begins in September
It's time to renew all Level 3 WiLS memberships for 2010-2011, for libraries that have not already contacted WiLS for an invoice. The membership, which runs from September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2011, allows libraries to purchase electronic resources and library related products at discounted prices through the WiLS Cooperative Purchasing (Coop) program. For a list of databases and products please see our website www.wils.wisc.edu/coop
2010-2011 renewal pricing for private schools and school districts (which covers all schools in the district):
- 0 high school=$195
- 1 high school=$195
- 2 high schools=$390
- 3 high schools=$585
- 4 high schools and up=$600 threshold amount
If you are a Level 3 public or academic library and require your renewal price prior to receiving an invoice from WiLS, please contact Shirley Schenning at schenning@wils.wisc.edu or 608-263-5051.
Invoices will be mailed around the middle of September to the library or district billing contact, for approval and processing for payment to WiLS. If your institution requires a purchase order in order to process a payment, or if there has been a change to the
Shirley Schenning
Financial Accounts Manager
September (calendar)
| 1 | WorldCat Resource Sharing ILL Tricks |
| 8 | NISO: Count Me in—Measuring Individual Item Usage pt1—for level 1 members |
| 10 | Introduction to ERMes webinar |
| 15 | NISO: Count Me in—Measuring Individual Item Usage pt2—for level 1 members |
| 16 | The New ERMes webinar |
| 16 | AskAway Best Practices — hosted by Minnesota |
• Tools for Original Cataloging with Connexion Client
• CatExpress
• Local Holdings Maintenance
• And many more
See Minitex OCLC webinars
Coop Connection
(follow Coop news at WiLSCoop)
Access to electronic database subscriptions should only be shared with individuals associated with the institution which has signed the license with the vendor for that database.
Coming in mid-September is a DATABASE TRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA! More details to come
Contact Kirsten Houtman at khoutman@wils.wisc.edu
Save money by purchasing your Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf (DRS) through WiLS! The link to information on DRS is on our Coop Site. Complete a title list price quote form.
Contact Kirsten Houtman at khoutman@wils.wisc.edu
WiLS has the following groups which will be renewing in the next five months. Please write Kirsten at khoutman@wils.wisc.edu if you're interested in any of these databases:
October
- Philosopher's Index (ProQuest)
January
- ACS Web Editions (American Chemical Society)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook & Texts in Print (EBSCO)
- Project Muse Standard and Premium Collections (Project Muse)
- Criminal Justice Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Education Journals (ProQuest)
February
- SportDiscus and SportDiscus Full Text (EBSCO)
Oxford University Press is offering special pricing for WiLS K-12 libraries. Give Your Students an Oxford Education (read offer details pdf or Word)
Special pricing for WiLS schools on award-winning content
The more you subscribe, the more you save!
- ONE online product for $385 (WiLS members save $40)
- TWO online products for $655 (WiLS members save $70)
- THREE online products for $835 (WiLS members save $90)
- FOUR online products for $1,015 (WiLS members save $110)
- FIVE online products for $1,125 (WiLS members save $125)
- SIX online products for $1,215 (WiLS members save $135)
Contact Sara Gold: Email: sgold@wils.wisc.edu Phone: 608.265.4167
To take advantage of these great offers please contact Software Express directly at www.swexpress.com/wils or 800-527-7638. Make sure to mention you are a WiLS member.
Knowledge Adventure: Until December 31, 2010, receive a free take-home CD for every Knowledge Adventure license you purchase, and 50 CDs for every network you purchase.* So, if you purchase 30 licenses of JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade, you'll receive 30 home versions for your students. Please call 800-527-7638 to redeem this great offer!
*Minimum purchase of 6 licenses required. JumpStart School Early Literacy, Math Blaster Ages 4-6, Math Blaster Algebra, Reading Blaster Vocabulary, Science Blaster Jr. and JumpStart World of Learning titles are not eligible for this promotion. Call 800-527-7638 for more info.
Visions Technology: Purchase a Software Building Site License and receive an additional Software Building Site License of equal or lesser value FREE. Expires September 30, 2010. Please call 800-527-7638 to redeem this great offer!
Techsmith: Get the Camtasia Studio/Snagit Bundle for only $179.00 through October 1st—that's a savings of 10%! Please call 800-527-7638 to redeem this great offer!
Teen Health & Wellness is now even more robust, more interactive, and simply more "amazing."
New for Fall 2010: Instant article translation into 50 languages, including Spanish; video throughout, including student created PSAs (public service announcements); social bookmarking; health calculators—body mass index (BMI,) budget, blood alcohol content, more; redesigned home page featuring user generated/student content, highlighting the Personal Story Project; expanded photos, illustrations, and charts; new articles (50) including the teen brain, concussions, being part of a military family, foster care, being GLBT; Site optimized for Smartphones.
For a FREE 30-Day Trial of the NEW Teen Health & Wellness, go to teenhealthandwellness.com.
Resource Sharing Update
The August 2010 Access News is available on the WiLS web site.
October 12 & 13 (1- 3 pm CT)
WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics
This course covers the basics of using the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing system for Interlibrary Loan. The course in online format will be delivered over 2 days consisting of two hour long sessions as a lecture demo with hands on homework exercises of about another 1 hour per day. There is a supporting website included. See www.wils.wisc.edu/courses
Fees
$100 Non-Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
$50 Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
October 18 & 20 (1- 3 pm CT)
WorldCat Resource Sharing Tricks
The on-line webinar version will be delivered over 2 days consisting of two hour long sessions as a lecture demo with hands on homework exercises of about another 1 hour per day. There is a supporting web site included. See www.wils.wisc.edu/courses
Fees $100 Non-Level 1 WiLS Members (register) $50 Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
Digital Project Dispatch
The Dog of the Month is Bailey, a yellow Labrador retriever and standard poodle mix, who's the companion of Ewa Barczyk, The Director of Golda Meir Library at UW-Milwaukee. Ewa suggests not mentioning the word "ball" around Bailey as she is obsessed with fetch. Bailey is also inclined towards vegetarianism and will bypass the prime rib in the kitchen in pursuit of a banana being peeled upstairs. In fact, she has super keen hearing for a banana being peeled anywhere! Her favorite book is The Women: a novel by TC Boyle, which she ate. |
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This collection consists of postcards with views of businesses, churches, parks, city streets, country roads and other structures throughout the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. According to postcard dealers, these small town views are highly sought after cards. Dating of the cards for year or era was determined by postmarks and identifying certain features present on the postcard. View here.
Wisconsin Heritage Online (WHO): project featured
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Before Emily Pfotenhauer joined WiLS as Wisconsin Heritage Online's Outreach Specialist, she worked with historical societies and museums around the state to create the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, a digital collection of Wisconsin artifacts. The project is featured in the new book Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium Digitization Projects, recently released by the New York Metropolitan Library Council (METRO). Emily's chapter is one of 34 case studies of successful efforts throughout the country to digitize cultural heritage materials. Other contributions come from Columbia University, Yale University, the American Museum of Natural History and other leading libraries, archives and museums. The book is available as as an e-book download or a print version.
 | Latest release of CONTENTdm includes new Flex Loader
OCLC has released CONTENTdm 5.4, the latest version of the popular CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software that includes the new CONTENTdm Flex Loader along with other enhancements. Designed to complement the CONTENTdm Project Client, Flex Loader is a new Windows desktop application. XML file formats supported by Flex Loader include the NDNP (National Digital Newspaper Program) and CCS (Content Conversion Specialists) docWorks newspaper and monograph. Compound object-level metadata and page-level metadata mapping is supported, along with support for newspaper article segmentation. |
OCLC News
Check out these OCLC newsletters:
WorldCat Registry Install Update
Install Date: August 8, 2010
WorldCat Registry basic search box provides for search by institution or branch names only. Further refined search is available on the Advance Search page. Users often prefer to search by all available categories via the main search box , and in the case of OCLC members, by OCLC symbol, for example. This enhancement expands Registry's basic search capabilities. www.worldcat.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/registry/Institutions
OCLC and SkyRiver
The following statement is from Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO:
"On July 29, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed suit against OCLC, alleging anticompetitive practices. We at OCLC believe the lawsuit is without merit, and we will vigorously defend the policies and practices of the cooperative." Read more…
Home delivery now available through WorldCat Resource Sharing
WorldCat Resource Sharing now includes an option for users to request delivery of books to their home or office. This feature continues the partnership between OCLC and Better World Books that began during a 2009 pilot of the service. The new option is available to libraries in the United States.
Libraries that offer the new delivery option to their users will pay for the service through the interlibrary loan Fee Management feature. Learn more…
Trial #Ask4Stuff Twitter Service
Since its kickoff in late June, #Ask4Stuff, OCLC's new Twitter-based service that returns a WorldCat search when you send a tweet, has received a lot of attention in Twitter and blog posts. These two posts explain why OCLC started the free service for Twitter users and how to use it. See what it's all about and try out #Ask4Stuff for yourself! View here.
Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration Forum
To be streamed live, September 20-21
All are invited to attend in person or host a local viewing party and watch a live stream of this event to learn more about the benefits and challenges of collaboration within and across institutions.
OCLC Research and an RLG Partnership planning committee have created a two-day event on strategies for effective collaboration that will be hosted by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 20-21 September 2010. Building on the success of our workshops on LAM (libraries, archives and museums) convergence held at five RLG Partner institutions in 2007/2008, the "Yours, Mine, Ours" Forum will shine a light on collaboration from a local institutional perspective as well as cross-institutional and network-level vantage points. What is necessary to ensure successful outcomes? What lessons learned by others can help us all do better? Participants will take away specific strategies and models to realize their own collaborative ambitions. Read more…
Maximizing the Value of Your OCLC Cataloging Subscription
September 10, 1-2pm ET
This course helps cataloging and technical services managers contain costs, improve efficiencies, and use staff resources effectively by helping them take full advantage of the value of their OCLC cataloging subscription. It explains the OCLC cataloging interfaces, activities, and services that are included in the OCLC cataloging subscription. Participants will receive a checklist of next steps to help them select and implement services included in their cataloging subscription to derive full benefit from the available options. Register online.
ALA recordings from OCLC
OCLC is happy to inform you that the recordings are now available for many of the OCLC meetings held during the American Library Association 2010 Annual Meeting. They invite you to visit the Web site, choose a meeting from the list and click one of the hotlinks to listen to the recording and view the presentation slides. Afterwards, they encourage you to share the information with your colleagues.
Cataloging & Technical Services Resources
RDA: What Do I Need to Know?
RDA is here, and many of you may be wondering what this means for your library, what changes need to be made and what practices are best. Read more about OCLC's policy
RDA slides
These slides are recommended for learning more at your own pace: www.rda-jsc.org/docs/RDA_part_2_201005.pdf
RDA Test Partners
UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies and UW-Milwaukee School of Information Science are part of the group of library schools who are test-partners for RDA.
Minitex Blog
Looking for a reliable source for technical services news? Check out the Minitex Blog About Technical Services.
Other News
Fun clip promoting public libraries
Get the new CountyCat app for iPhone/iPod Touch
Access CountyCat on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new app from the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. The app is available FREE from the iTunes Store or the App Store (via the device itself). Use the search term "CountyCat." You'll be able to search the catalog, place requests for holds, and check hours and locations for all Milwaukee County Federated Library System members. A version for use on other devices will be available this fall.
LYRASIS publishes cataloging futures report
LYRASIS convened a Summit Meeting in Atlanta with some leading academic library directors to discuss issues of strategic importance regarding the future of the library catalog and of the cataloging process. This paper summarizes the comments of the group and some potential actions LYRASIS might take to move these ideas forward.
The University of Illinois Library Launches Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program
The University Library releases the Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program (AvSAP) on August 12, 2010. AvSAP is now a fully realized project that began in May 2007. This assessment tool is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and is designed to address the needs of cultural heritage institutions by helping to preserve and maintain the functionality of their audiovisual materials. For more information on the Audio-Visual Self Assessment Program visit the AvSAP website.
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